مِنfrom تحتbeneath هَمْزةِthe hamza of صُدْغِهhis temple-lock ألِفٌan alif
مِن تحت هَمْزةِ صُدْغِه ألِفٌ
مِنfrom عارِضَيْهِhis two sideburns تملكَّتْhas taken possession of رِقيmy bondage
مِن عارِضَيْهِ تملكَّتْ رِقي
An alif beneath the hamza of his temple-lock,
formed from his cheek hair, has made me its slave.
عابُوهthey reproached him فيfor حَلْقٍshaving لهاof it عَبَثاًin vain
عابُوه في حَلْقٍ لها عَبَثاً
معdespite أنَّهاthe fact that it is منamong أحْرُفِthe letters of الحَلْقِthe throat
مع أنَّها من أحْرُفِ الحَلْقِ
They reproached him for shaving it, in vain,
though it is one of the letters of the throat.
Sol 6.1